Middle East: The Somewhat Secret Pressure

Out of a four-day conference of Arab
Premiers in Cairo last week came 22 secret resolutions. Since intrigue
is as commonplace as sand in the Middle East, everyone was soon
publicly discussing the clandestine clauses.

The most important were aimed at an odd pair of bedfellows  Israel and
West Germany. Following up plans decided on at the Arab Summit in Alex
andria last September, the conferees agreed to push ahead toward
cutting off Israel's water with the building of a pumping station on
the Wazzani River, which flows through Lebanon and Syria into Israel.
By a series of locks, tun...